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News: Orange unveils solar concept tent - the future of festival camping!
Mobile phone company, Orange, has unveiled the future of festival camping in the way of the Solar Concept Tent at this years Glastonbury Festival in the UK.
The tent is solar powered and has its very own 3G WiFi connection designed to unite festival goers with their power supply and communication needs.
The tent is made from a photovoltaic fabric, constructed by weaving solar threads into conventional fabric.
As well as displaying the energy being generated and consumed, the control hub provides a WiFi signal that accesses the internet using 3G. In turn, that 3G connectivity enables the ‘Glo-cation’ feature, which allows users to identify their personal Solar Concept Tent by sending an SMS which triggers a “distinctive glow” inside the temporary abode.
If that's not enough, the concept also contains an internal heating element embedded in the groundsheet to keep the camper warm at night when the temperature falls below a set level.
Unfortunately though, it may be some time before the tent will be on sale as photovoltaic fabric has never actually been used.
Womadelaide 2010 The Armada, Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Ethiopiques, Babylon Circus and Ojos de Brujo live @ Botanic Park, Adelaide, SA (5-8 March 2010)
Future Music Festival 2010 Empire of the Sun, Franz Ferdinard, Prodigy, Way Out West and more live @ Sydney, NSW (March 2010)
I remember at the Falls Festival a few years ago after we played there we got one of those little train vehicles and jumped out in the middle of night to this creek bed and went to this little revien and sat there and our eyes started to adjust to the darkness and what was creepy were these things... on the walls they were filled with these glow worms and it was the most fantastic thing... all these different colours- purple, green, white all glowing and that was the most amazing festival experience I've ever had!
When I see a band I always have a moment in show when you have an epiphone at some point when this band is kicking, or the band is about to hit a peak, or something that the drummer does like knock this bottle of beer off the stand [laughs] or something crazy when there is just this sudden abrupt thing and everyone just lets go and that’s what I love of that experience... people not worrying about the past or the future.
Ideal Lineup? On a historical sense, definately love to have Bob Marley of course, but apart from that I really love going to festivals because you see bands that you’ve never heard of before and you know that’s how I met Blue King Brown, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, R.E.M., John Butler, The Public Enemy... throw any of those bands on a festival and it will be good but its about finding something that you never imagined.
Tips for attending Music Festivals? My tips [laughs]... Always bring your own roll of toilet paper and the other is only look at the festival schedule if absolutely necessary... like if you know that the Black Keys are your most favourite band in the world and you need to know what time they are playing, then look at the schedule but otherwise just walk around!
My Festival Experience
